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An update to the Canadian Aviation Security Regulations makes permanent a special exemption that allowed Canadian Mounties to carry firearms aboard Canadian flights. Until now, Canadian regulations officially banned all loaded guns on commercial flights.

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Transportation Security Administration officers screening passengers at New York's Syracuse Hancock International Airport discovered a loaded gun in a man's carry-on bag. Syracuse Police officers investigated, then allowed the man to give the gun to a relative and catch his flight. The man said he had forgotten the gun was in his bag.

Last week, the Transportation Security Administration recovered the most guns it has ever confiscated in one week. The TSA found 65 guns at U.S. airports. Of them, 54 were loaded and 19 had bullets in the chamber. According to TSA regulations, fliers can carry firearms in checked luggage so long as they let the airline know.

Authorities arrested a man who allegedly tried to travel with a loaded gun at the Detroit Metro Airport. Security screeners detected the firearm in the traveler's carry-on bag. Transportation Security Administration spokesman Nico Melendez said firearms can be carried in checked bags only and that they must be unloaded, declared and in a secure carrying case.

A pastor returning home to the Dominican Republic was arrested Saturday at Miami International Airport after security screeners found a loaded gun inside his carry-on bag. Eduardo Saladin Zacarias said he inadvertently brought the gun with him when he traveled to the U.S. last week, leading some to question how he cleared Customs with a loaded firearm.